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Archives for January, 2011

A Sign of Sanity — Judge Rules ObamaCare Unconstitutional

The full text of the decision from Federal Judge Roger Vinson is not available yet, but according to reporters who’ve seen the decision, he’s ruled the entire Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act unconstitutional. The ruling favors of the 26 state attorney generals challenging the law. The judge ruled the individual mandate that requires all [...]

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Bernanke: Nothing to See Here; Move Along

From Zerohedge: $100.01 Submitted by Tyler Durden The March Brent Crude contract has just surpassed $100 for the first time since October 2008. Surely nobody is worried about monetary policy and Middle East contagion. After all, this is just throwing darts at the next disinflationary target. And just to demonstrate how successful Genocide Ben has been [...]

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US Best Outcome?

John Mauldin, in his latest Outside the Box newsletter, presents Gary Shilling’s investment strategies for 2011. Mr Shilling’s picks are based on this expectation: In our view, the overarching reality that will dominate 2011 and, indeed, the next decade or so is financial deleveraging, as spelled out in our new book, The Age of Deleveraging: Investment [...]

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Coming to A Neighborhood Near You?

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The horrors of a government in the process of being toppled are captured in this video from Egypt: Egypt is not a country noted for freedom. Nor was the Soviet Union or its various satellites. Eventually peoples overthrow what is considered oppressive government in an attempt to obtain freedom. This song by the Rascals (h/t [...]

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Mauldin on Possible Economic Collapse

Our political system is not geared to cutting spending. Politicians want to play Santa Claus and have for about 100 years. The veterans know no other game than increasing spending as a means to buy votes to get re-elected. That calculus is shattered. We are out of money. Now these politicians must play Grinch, a [...]

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